\section{Reading Guide}
\label{sec:readingguide}

This introduction included a preliminary small literature review to make the reader understand our initial pre-understanding of the subject matter and how that justifies our research question and objectives. In chapter \ref{chap:literaturereview} we will provide an in-depth literature review outlining contemporary research around the topics of smart cities, sustainability, data, and maturity.

In chapter \ref{chap:theory} we will present theoretical literature which will consist of generic theoretical concepts and frameworks that we can use as well-founded background research to elaborate on answers to our research question. This theory provides us with a certain bias that we can use to understand and work with the subject matter.

In chapter \ref{chap:Methodology} we will elaborate on our research philosophy and methodological decisions that lead to a certain way of collecting, understanding, and working with empirical data.

In the analysis, chapter \ref{chap:analysis}, we will do an extensive analysis of our empirical data on the basis of our methodological decisions by using the theoretical framework and literature review as our knowledge references. This will provide us with structured findings that can be used in the discussion, chapter \ref{chap:discussion}, to answer our research question and elaborate on future research.

The conclusion, chapter \ref{chap:conclusion}, will include a summary of our findings and answers to our research question. We will also assess the extent to which the results of the research can be regarded as successful.